By Owen Ross
Contributing Writer

Let me start out by saying that we have put together an awesome event for this Friday, October 30. Sex! will open up the show at 10PM, followed by Re-Up, and DJ Tava Luv will be spinning for the rest of the night. We are charging $5 and providing an OPEN BAR all night. It feels good to be able to offer people a good deal.

Cliff from Re-Up

This is the first event for which we have circumvented booking agents and indeed any sort of middle men. We rented the space, we found the sponsors, and put the bill together. After a while, you wonder why your giving away 20-50% to a booking agent for every show you play. One must ask “What is it that separates him/her from me? What qualification do they have that entitles them to a portion of the money my band is earning?”

The answer is simple: They have money.

They rent out the room for that night and afford you the opportunity to perform. (They are supposed to promote as well but how many of you have had a booking agent really promote for your show?) After realizing this I decided to avoid these people as much as possible. It is a financial risk but we will make a better percentage of our profit. (100%)

So keep that in mind as you book your band in Boston. I know that Berklee kids often just want to play and don’t care about money (I was one of those kids very recently) but give the future a thought. Booking agents know that Berklee kids will play for anything and that is a large part of why people like us are always faced with bad deals. They know that if you don’t play they can easily get another Berklee band to play for a terrible deal.

The show is at Lot F Gallery 145 Pearl street (near South Station.)